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Table 2 Caring activities and caring times

From: Financial burden and quality of life of informal caregivers of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration

Caring activities and caring times of the caregivers in different time periods

Total sample

(n = 150)

Visual acuity

>0.3

(n = 92)

Visual acuity

≤0.3 - >0.1

(n = 26)

Visual acuity

≤0.1

(n = 32)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Average number of outpatient visits per year (times/year)

9.4

9.7

7.7

8.4

10.3

8.5

13.6

13.0

Average number of accompaniments for intravitreal injections (times/year)

3.3

3.5

3.3

3.8

2.9

2.7

3.7

3.4

Average time spent for each outpatient (hours/visit)

3.7

2.7

3.7

2.0

3.4

2.2

3.6

2.3

Average time spending for accompanying for intravitreal injections; (hours/visit)

3.6

2.1

3.7

2.0

3.4

2.2

3.6

2.3

Average time for household assistance (hours/week)

4.2

12.9

1.4

3.4

9.3

27.0

8.1

11.0

Average time per week for leisure activities (hours/week)

1.2

2.9

0.6

1.7

1.5

3.3

2.4

4.5

Average time per week for office work (hours/week)

0.5

1.2

0.4

0.9

0.4

0.7

1.0

1.9

  1. It becomes clear that, especially with a deterioration of a visual acuity from ≤0.3 - >0.1 to a visual acuity of ≤0.1, the caregivers had on average an increasing care intensity in the different caring activities